institutional access

You are connecting from
Lake Geneva Public Library,
please login or register to take advantage of your institution's Ground News Plan.

Published loading...Updated

Liverpool Announce Two Shock Departures as Former Coach Re-Joins Club in Backroom Shake-up - Liverpool Echo

  • Liverpool announced backroom changes on July 2, 2025, with Fabian Otte and Claudio Taffarel leaving and Giovanni van Bronckhorst joining as assistant coach.
  • The departures of Otte and Taffarel followed earlier staff shifts by Arne Slot after winning the Premier League, while van Bronckhorst was appointed to replace John Heitinga, who left for Ajax.
  • Van Bronckhorst, a former Netherlands captain and manager with titles at Feyenoord and Rangers, and brief spells in China and Turkey, will support Slot pending visa approval.
  • Xavi Valero returned from West Ham as Liverpool's head of first-team goalkeeper coaching, succeeding Fabian Otte who departed after only one season.
  • These restructuring moves ahead of the 2025-26 season aim to strengthen Liverpool's coaching staff as they build on recent successes including Slot’s Premier League title win.
Insights by Ground AI
Does this summary seem wrong?

23 Articles

All
Left
2
Center
1
Right
1
Right

Giovanni van Bronckhorst is the successor of John Heitinga as assistant to Arne Slot at Liverpool FC.

·Amsterdam, Netherlands
Read Full Article

By Holger Wilkens Just a year ago, Fabian Otte, originally from Schüttorf, joined the coaching staff of Premier League club Liverpool FC as the head goalkeeper coach. However, after a highly successful debut season, the 34-year-old is already leaving the club. "Otte is leaving the club after a season in which he contributed to Liverpool's Premier League success as head of goalkeeping for the first team," the traditional English club announced on…

Read Full Article

Liverpool announced on this Thursday (2) the release of the Taffarel tetra Campion of the Golley Trainer's function through an official note published on its website. The Brazilian will be replaced by Xavi Valero, who returns to the club. The change is part of a reform that is being done in the football department. Fabian Otte, who worked with Taffarel, also leaves the English club. “If leaving the Golleys Department before the next campaign is …

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 50% of the sources lean Left
50% Left
Factuality

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

friendsofliverpool.com broke the news in on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
Sources are mostly out of (0)